Your external Bluetooth adapter should have automatic data encryption
capability, which can protect your Macbook if there's a Bluetooth
cracker within about thirty to sixty feet of your Macbook. The adaptor
may link with up to eight other Bluetooth devices as the same time.
(Come to think of it, if there are a lot of people within 60 feet of
your MacBook Pro during a LAN party bash, you'll guess this feature
really is important!) You'd expect any modern and high-tech operating
systems like Mac OS X should come with basic Bluetooth supports. You'd
be right; however Apple goes one step further.
Your Macbook comes
with System Preferences and utility software to help you get your
Macbook connected with nearby Bluetooth devices.
Choose the System Preferences icon located in the Dock. With the Bluetooth pane, you can
*
Create new Bluetooth devices. Just click the 'Set Up New Device' to
open the Bluetooth Setup Assistant utility, which sets up other
Bluetooth devices for connection with Leopard. Read the onscreen
instructions to configure a number of common Bluetooth gadgets
(including mice, cellphones, keyboards, and printers), or you can also
choose Other, Setup Assistant will looks for other Bluetooth devices and
adjust the settings so that those devices are ready to party with your
MacBook. Be sure that Bluetooth devices are discoverable and in range
(available for connection with your Macbook) before you open the
Bluetooth Setup Assistant utility. Read your user manual to understand
how to set a Bluetooth device as "discoverable", the device should be
about twenty feet away (or less) from your laptop.
* Set up Bluetooth connections. Choose the Advanced button to
establish, remove, enable, or disable a Bluetooth connection, using a
Bluetooth connection as virtual serial port (for the simple file
transfer) or as virtual modem (for bidirectional transfer, including
using Internet connection through a Bluetooth cellphone).
You may also specify if a Bluetooth port should be encrypted.
It
is recommended that you activate the Show Bluetooth Status located in
the Menu Bar check box. Luckily, the Bluetooth menu allows you to
conserve power by disabling your Bluetooth feature until you need it. It
is quite convenient to toggle your Macbook's discovery status and also
configure a device or send a file. It's also easy to know which devices
are connected to your Macbook.
If you won't be connected with
Bluetooth devices while you are on the road, disactivating a Bluetooth
service on a Macbook will help save battery power. There is another
handy Bluetooth resource, the Bluetooth File Exchange. You have to
launch Bluetooth File Exchange the old-fashioned way; just go to your
Utilities folder, inside the Applications folder. It's quite similar to a
traditional file transfer protocol (FTP) application, choose the
Bluetooth File Exchange icon to go to the file selection dialog; then
browse the file you want to send to a connected Bluetooth device. You
can also choose to browse the file in other networked Bluetooth device
so that you know what the user of that device is offering.
You may
also configure your default settings for file exchange in the Sharing
pane, which is located in the System Preferences. Just click the Sharing
icon and then choose the Bluetooth Sharing check-box to display the
setting parameters. Here you can manage what Leopard does when you get
files or PIM (Personal Information Manager) data with Bluetooth File
Exchange. For example, with this setting, Leopard can
Ask you for permission to receive a file or Personal Information Manager item
* Accept any files and PIM items without any prompting or restriction
* Keep all incoming items and files to a specified folder
* Restrict file-sharing only for the items and files in the specified folder when other Bluetooth devices browse your MacBook.
It is recommended that you use these default setting in Leopard for file exchange:
* You know when someone's sending you something.
* Anything you receive will be saved in your Downloads folder.
* If you turn on the File Transfer, you can allow others to see the content of your Public folder.
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